CSPA presents Gold Circle Awards to collegiate journalists
The Columbia Scholastic Press Association, of two nationwide collegiate press associations, presented 1,315 Gold Circle Awards to student journalists for newspapers and magazines in schools and colleges in its 27th Gold Circle Awards program. Technician staff members won six individual awards.
Former Technician Editor Saja Hindi, editor at the time these pages were produced, said she was proud of the staff and that they deserved the recognition.
“All of our staff members put in a lot of time to produce this paper for the campus,” she said. “These stories and designs represent some of our best work, work we produced when we were willing to take some chances and some risks to go beyond just the day-to-day production.”
Susannah Brinkley, a graphic design student and design director of the Technician last year, received four awards while Lauren Blakely, a textile technology student, received one. Paul McCauley, was Viewpoint section editor and in charge of the editorial page.
- Editorial Writing — Honorable mention, staff, “Give students more details on new division,” Technician, North Carolina State University
- Editorial Page Design Broadsheet Black and White — First place, Susannah Brinkley, “Prejudiced,” Technician, North Carolina State University
- Editorial Page Design Broadsheet Color — First place, Susannah Brinkley, “Fighting for Reparations,” Technician, North Carolina State University
- Editorial Page Design Broadsheet Color — Second place, Lauren Blakely, “Free Expression tunnel— Focused,” Technician, North Carolina State University
- Feature Page Design Broadsheet Color — Honorable mention, Susannah Brinkley, “Take a Ride on the Wild(er) Side,” Technician, North Carolina State University
- Sports Page Design Broadsheet Color — 3. Susannah Brinkley, “Recruiting (2/5/09),” Technician, North Carolina State University
This first portion of the Gold Circle Awards attracted 8,091 entries from colleges, universities and secondary schools throughout the United States. Begun in 1984, these awards celebrate individual achievement by student writers, editors, designers and photographers.
Agromeck wins national championship
2008 Agromeck
At the national college media convention this fall the Agromeck yearbook received one of the highest honor given to college yearbooks — a Pacemaker.
“Only seven universities had yearbooks that received the Pacemaker,” adviser Bradley Wilson said. “This definitely puts the NCSU yearbook in an elite class of collegiate publications. The entire campus community should be proud of the work the staff did to document the history of the University.”
The Associated Collegiate Press gave the award to the 2008 Agromeck yearbook edited by Mary Beth Hamrick. Other staff members included: John Cooper Elias, managing editor; Bryant Robbins, design editor; and Stephen Bateman, photo editor.
According to an ACP press release, “Judges looked for a number of factors, including excellent photography, complete coverage, innovative design and exemplary copy. Out of the 54 total entries, 15 college yearbooks were chosen as Pacemaker finalists.”
This was the third time the NCSU yearbook has won a Pacemaker. It also won in 2004 and 2007. It was a finalist for the national award in 2006. This year, only 15 schools were finalists making even being a finalist an honor nationally.
“This book, and this staff, are definitely competing at a national level, bringing recognition to the campus and the North Carolina community,” Wilson said.
CLICK HERE for a complete list of Pacemaker winners.
COLLEGE BROADCAST AWARDS
WKNC 88.1fm was a finalist for a National Student Production awards given by the College Broadcasters, Inc. for radio/best newscast for ”88.1 Seconds of Technician – April 27, 2009″ produced by Saja Hindi and Derek Medlin.
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
In addition to the Pacemaker honor for the yearbook, two students came home with top recognition at the national level.
John Cooper Elias and Bryant Robbins won first place in yearbook/magazine page/spread. This 2009 Design of the Year Award was co-sponsored by Adobe Systems. The two received recognition for a spread in the 2009 Agromeck yearbook on the Krispy Kreme Challenge.
Ana Andruzzi and Biko Tushinde received third place in newspaper page one for a front page design in the Technician also on the Krispy Kreme Challenge.
“Think of all the front pages and yearbook spreads published in the world in the last year. We had some of the best,” Wilson said. “Clearly this points to our strengths in visual communication as the students try to tell the stories impacting students all over campus.”
BEST OF SHOW
In addition to the awards for work submitted to judges before the national conference, NCSU student publications also placed high in the Best of Show honors given by the Associated Collegiate Press on site. With almost 2,277 students in attendance, according to Logan Aimone, executive director of ACP, “By all measures, the convention was a success. One glance through the Twitter feed (#ncmc09) will verify that students learned a lot during the day and had fun during the night.”
CLICK HERE for a complete list of Best of Show award recipients
NORTH CAROLINA
Overall, North Carolina colleges and universities did well in the competitions, collectively, individually and on-site.
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